It is clear that our cities will continue to refuse to build enough housing. The only way forward is for the state to intervene.

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A 260-unit mixed-use residential and retail complex proposed for west
Berkeley, in a conceptual visualization. Developers on Thursday challenged Berkeley city officials’ preliminary determination that the project does not qualify for fast-track status under SB 35. (Blake Griggs Properties)

Cities caused housing
crisis, SB 827 fixes it

I am sick of seeing my friends driven out of California by the high rents and by the impossibility of buying a home here on a middle-class income.

Home affordability has reached a crisis, a crisis created by decades of cities refusing to allow people to build enough homes. It is clear that our cities will continue to refuse to build enough housing. The only way forward is for the state to intervene.

Fortunately, state Senator Scott Wiener has introduced a bill, SB 827, that forces cities to allow people to build within a half mile of transit stations on residential land as long as they don’t displace any current renters.

This bill is our best hope to end the housing crisis and I urge everyone reading this to support it.

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